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The Dark Knight Crushes $200 Million Record

July 23, 2008


Warner Bros. Pictures' The Dark Knight broke another record on Tuesday becoming the fastest ever to cross the $200 million mark in five days! The previous record of eight days was held by three films - Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Spider-Man 2 and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Christopher Nolan's Batman Begins follow-up added $20.87 million on Tuesday to push its massive total to $203.8 million. That puts it at #84 already on the all-time domestic blockbuster list after just five days.

Right now, the only number we have for international markets is $41.3 million but that will start going up significantly as the movie is opening in many countries Thursday and Friday as well as into August.

So let's recap - widest release (4,366 theaters), biggest midnight opening ($18.5M), biggest opening weekend ($158.4M), biggest July opener ($158.4M), biggest PG-13 rated opening ($158.4M), biggest single day ($67.2M), biggest opening day ($67.2M), biggest Friday ($67.2M), biggest Sunday ($43.6M), biggest IMAX opening ($6.3M) and fastest to $200M in five days ($203.8M).

COMMENTS (103)

Posted by:
tucker
July 23, 2008
awesome
Posted by:
'Bout Time
July 23, 2008
Will something finally ****ing beat Titanic in the boxoffice? God willing.
Posted by:
2sday
July 23, 2008
I hope they keep going with the serious as long as they can, and dont try to force it as a trilogy. If they can make more than 3 good movies, do it.
Posted by:
OLIVER
July 23, 2008
Awesome !
Posted by:
darkaugustus
July 23, 2008
The bat is king.
Posted by:
David W Smith
July 23, 2008
Well done Nolan, Bale, Ledger, et al.

A fantastic movie and a fantastic financial result. Truly befitting of one of the best films ever made.
Posted by:
2sday
July 23, 2008
Why am I so "serious"?

I meant to say "series"...
Posted by:
Unik1
July 23, 2008
You go Bats...........
Posted by:
Funnyman
July 23, 2008
AWESOME! this is so great! I can't wait to the OSCAR Noms come out next year...it should be very interesting. We could have two movies that are not considered the "oscar brand" when the best picture noms come out. TDK and Wall-E
Posted by:
In Peace
July 23, 2008
I hope this its not "all glory for Heath Ledger" bull**** hype thing, right?

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